Carlos Toro

WBO Ends Billy Joe Saunders’ Suspension, Orders Middleweight Title Fight

Billy Joe Saunders’ suspension for failing a drug test last year has ended and is now back into title contention.  The WBO ruled today that Saunders’ suspension has been cut short and is now named the mandatory challenger to the middleweight…

Fight-size Boxing Update: Pacquiao And Mayweather Meet At Lakers Game, WBC Title Eliminator This Weekend

Your fight-size boxing update: – Days after Manny Pacquiao defeated Adrien Broner in Las Vegas and later challenged Floyd Mayweather Jr. to a rematch, both Pacquiao and Mayweather had a very brief encounter at a Los Angeles Lakers NBA game,…

Worldwide Boxing Results (1/18-20)

The return of Manny Pacquiao, DAZN coming to Madison Square Garden and Top Rank’s first boxing card of the new year highlighted a busy weekend in boxing. Boxing enjoyed its first major pay-per-view of the year in Las Vegas with…

Fightful Boxing Rankings (1/22): Manny Pacquiao Enters The Welterweight Top 5

The Fightful Boxing Rankings are compiled by lead boxing writer Carlos Toro. *** Fightful Boxing Rankings: Pound-for-pound Vasiliy Lomachenko Terence Crawford Naoya Inoue Oleksandr Usyk Canelo Alvarez Mikey Garcia Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Gennady Golovkin Donnie Nietes Leo Santa Cruz Heavyweight…

WBC To Review Mandatory Challenger Status For Heavyweight, Cruiserweight Titles

With the recent announcement that the WBC is ordering a rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury for the world heavyweight title, questions surrounding the mandatory challenger status have been raised. The current mandatory challenger for the WBC heavyweight title…

WBC Confirms Diamond Title On The Line For Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia

The upcoming matchup between IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia will have a WBC presence. The governing body announced that the fight will not only be for the IBF 147-pound world title but also for the WBC…

Dina Thorslund Retains WBO Female Super Bantamweight Title On Boxing Card In Denmark

Amanda Serrano was not the only woman to win a world title fight this past weekend as Dina Thorslund made her first successful world title defense. Battling a cut late in her fight against Alesia Gref on a boxing card in Denmark, Thorslund was…

Fight-size Boxing Update: WBC Boxing Tutorials, Manny Pacquiao’s Home Burglarized, Demetrius Andrade’s Next Opponent

Your fight-size boxing update: – The WBC has started to upload tutorial videos on different aspects of boxing on their YouTube channel. The videos are in Spanish, but you can watch one of the uploaded tutorials at the top of…

Report: Manny Pacquiao Suffered Eye Injury During Adrien Broner Fight

Manny Pacquiao may have retained his WBA “Regular” welterweight title against Adrien Broner, but the eight-division champion may potentially be out for some time due to injury. According to Wallace Matthews of the NY Daily News, Pacquiao suffered an eye…

Leonard Ellerbe: Floyd Mayweather Has No Desire In Coming Out Of Retirement

Despite Manny Pacquiao calling out Floyd Mayweather to a rematch and a large payday almost a guarantee should the two boxers fight again, Leonard Ellerbe believes Mayweather is staying retired. After Pacquiao defeated Adrien Broner to retain his WBA “Regular”…